During a recent chat with Howard Stern, JASON BONHAM recalled an alleged incident involving drugs which were said to have taken place in a hotel while LED ZEPPELIN on tour.
He said:
We got called to his room. I was 16 at this point, and there was a woman on the floor with a collar on, meowing, and he had this grinder thing and he turned it over and he went, ‘Here you go,’ and I went, ‘Thanks.’ He’s like, ‘You’ve done this before, right?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, of course, I have.’ So he handed it over and I just did all of it, and he went, ‘Just like your father — y’know, that was supposed to be for all of us.’
In a statement on his web site, Jason Bonham wrote:
“On or about 9 April 2019 I, Jason Bonham, gave an interview on the radio with Howard Stern. In that interview, I made certain untrue and derogatory statements concerning Mr. James Page of the legendary band LED ZEPPELIN.
“I unconditionally retract all derogatory and defamatory comments relating to Mr J Page that I made in that interview. In particular, it is wholly untrue that Mr J Page offered me any illegal substances either when I was a minor or at all.
“I apologize to Mr Page, unreservedly, for making these unfounded and untrue comments about him.
“Out of my long held respect for Mr Page I will make no further comments on the interview and I agree to make no further comments which Mr Page might view as disparaging, either now or in the future.”